Avalon House presents T Sisters
815 Avalon Ave, Lafayette, CA 94549 USA
3:00 PM, Sunday, November 4, 2018

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[3:02 PM lights down, announcements from Tom, band out]

1. [3:06 PM] How Can I Keep From Singing? (a capella)
2. [3:08 PM] Can't Picture My Life Without You (R) €@
   [Chloe takes the acoustic guitar from Rachel; Rachel swaps to electric guitar]
3. [3:13 PM] ? (unidentified new tune by Chloe; lyric snippets: “Ain't no buried treasure” / “plateau”) &*π€
   [Chloe sets down the acoustic guitar]
4. [3:17 PM] I'm on Fire (R/E) &€
   [Rachel sets down the guitar]
5. [3:20 PM] ? (unidentified new tune by Erika; lyric snippets: “How do we get back?” “How do we rise above?”) €
6. [3:25 PM] I Have a Hammer (a capella)
7. [3:30 PM] The Eye €
8. [3:35 PM] Keep Me Around €π
9. [3:40 PM] ? (another unidentified new tune; lyric snippet: “Like a River”) (R) @€π
   [Erika takes off the hollow body electric guitar and picks up the acoustic guitar from Rachel; Rachel swaps to banjo]
10. [3:45 PM] Love Me Today (C) π¢£
    [set ends 3:49 PM]

[4:16 PM T Sisters onstage, eventually shushing the audience; Rachel starts out on the banjo]

1. [4:17 PM] ? (unidentified tune; lyric snippets: “Left hand on the Bible” / “law can't follow me where I go”) (C) *π€£
   [Rachel swaps from banjo to electric guitar]
2. [4:21 PM] Thief (E) &€π
   [Rachel takes off the guitar]
3. [4:25 PM] Cherry Wine (E) €
   [Rachel takes the hollow body electric guitar from Erika, who swaps to acoustic guitar]
4. [4:30 PM] Molasses (E) ¢¥
5. [4:38 PM] So It Goes (a capella)
6. [4:41 PM] ? (unidentified tune; auto-deranged lyric snippet: “Peel up darling, you're gonna make it too”) (a capella)
   [Rachel picks up the banjo again]
7. [4:47 PM] The Road £¢π
   [Rachel takes the acoustic guitar back from Erika, who swaps back to hollow body electric guitar]
8. [4:51 PM] Woo Woo (R) @€π
   [set ends 4:57 PM]
   
   Encore
9. [4:58 PM] American Tune (a capella)
   [show ends 5:02 PM, final words from Tom]

T Sisters

• Chloe Tietjen: * acoustic guitar, π percussion, vox;
• Rachel Tietjen: & guitar, @ acoustic guitar, ¥ hollow body electric guitar, £ banjo, vox;
• Erika Tietjen: € hollow body electric guitar, ¢ acoustic guitar, vox.

House concerts are always fun, and this one was superb! Ting and I arrived early and snagged choice seats in the second row, then added our bottle to the cooler bucket and joined the band in the kitchen for a bit of pre-show chit-chat. We'd just come from a big dim sum luncheon, but I couldn't resist the temptation of the deviled eggs. Yummy! Oh, and the salted semi-sweet chocolate chip cookie was another unavoidable treat.

After awhile, Tom interrupted our nice hang with the other guests by ringing a giant hand bell: showtime! Places everyone! And so we scurried back inside to take our seats and listen. Most of the time, artists at a house concert are talkative and friendly – not that some aren't that way all the time – but I think the intimate nature of these events and the natural tendency for most performers to be outgoing in the first place leads to a more conversational tilt than most concerts. The T sisters exemplified this notion, with each of the girls taking time to talk about their tunes, sometimes prompting each other by filling in forgotten tidbits. “Finishing each others sentences” some might say.

I thought they did a great job putting together an interesting setlist: some choice covers, lots of new tunes, a few old tunes, and some covers that were new to me; variety! It's a good thing!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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